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Jun 21, 2013 — Alyssa Rosenberg & Sonny Bunch
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Critic Proof

On Critic Proof, Alyssa and Sonny talk Man of Steel (includes spoilers) and offer an intellectual defense of Zack Snyder, the film’s much-maligned director. They discuss what Man of Steel gets right about female characters, and whether mass-casualty action sequences have gotten out of hand. Can Hollywood drop the three-part origin story and start telling superhero stories in better ways? Plus: Could patrons like Samsung and Megan Ellison make pop culture more interesting?

Jun 20, 2013 — Sarah Posner & Haroon Moghul
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The Posner Show

On The Posner Show, Sarah discusses the protests in Turkey with Haroon, who just returned from Istanbul. Haroon talks about why the protests are not as the American media has portrayed them, and how he got tear-gassed and saw Man of Steel on the same weekend. They discuss the lack of an effective political opposition to Prime Minister Erdogan. Haroon recounts his surprising discussions with conservative and religious Turks, and explains why the protests in Turkey are not like the Arab Spring. Is Erdogan going for the political “death blow“? Plus: What it feels like to be tear-gassed.

Jun 19, 2013 — Robert Wright & Simon Young
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Worldwise
Jun 17, 2013 — Matthew Duss & Meir Javedanfar
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Foreign Entanglements
On Foreign Entanglements, the topic is Iran’s presidential election. Meir thinks Hassan Rouhani’s victory signals that the Supreme Leader wants better relations with the West. Matt wonders whether international sanctions had an impact on the election. Meir argues that nuclear enrichment is not going to stop. Is this a real chance to reform Iran? Meir says Israel needs to change its line on Iran. Plus: Is Iran winning in Syria?
Jun 15, 2013 — Laurie Santos & Thalia Wheatley
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The Mind Report
Jun 12, 2013 — Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
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The DMZ
There’s a disturbance in the force of The DMZ, as the NSA leak story scrambles traditional notions of left and right. Do the last ten years of surveillance make the case that we’ve lost our freedoms or that we’ve struck the right balance? Even if Snowden is right, did he have to risk his own incarceration? Matt and Bill discuss Arnold Kling’s new e-book about why liberals, conservatives and libertarians don’t speak the same language. Have Obama’s actions as president betrayed his prior rhetoric about civil liberties?
Jun 11, 2013 — Robert Wright & Alex Gibney
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Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Jun 10, 2013 — Joshua Foust & Hayes Brown
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Jun 9, 2013 — Matthew Duss & Hugh Pope
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Foreign Entanglements
On Foreign Entanglements, Matt talks to Hugh, who is in Turkey, about how protests started in a park in Istanbul and grew into something much bigger and broader. Hugh argues that Prime Minister Erdogan’s harsh reaction to the protests was a rare miscalculation, but that he can turn this crisis into an opportunity. What’s been the reaction of the mysterious Gülen movement? How has Erdogan handled the Kurdish problem? They end by discussing implications for the US-Turkey relationship.
Jun 8, 2013 — Joshua Knobe & Katherine Kinzler
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The Mind Report

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